Protector for brushes



F. A. SEYMOUR.

PROTECTOR FOR BRUSHES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1921.

Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

Patented Dec. 5, 1%32.

t me I FRANK A. sermons, on MADELIA, ilriimnsora.

Pno'rnoron iron BRUSHES.

Application filed March 26,1821. Serial Ito. 455,878.

T 0 all whom it may co n ce 2%:

Be 1t known that I, FRANK A. SEYMOUR, a

citizen of the United States,resid ing Madelia in the county oflVatonwan and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovem nts in Protectors for Brushes, of which the following is aspeciiication, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings. l

The invention has for its purpose the pro.- vision of an improvedprotector for brushes ingeneral, paint brushes in particular, the aimbeing toprovide a protector, for bolding the bristles together and inshape, particularly after the brush has been cleaned of the paint.

Very often after cleaning a brush of paint, and the brlstles are allowedto dry, they tend to spread, so'that when the brush is again used,certain of the bristles proiect from the body of the bristles, therebytending to apply the paint irregularly, especially when it is desired toapply acertain color of paint adjacent to another color of paint. Infact inapplying one color of paint adjacent another color which may bedried or wet, the. bristles have. been allowed to improperly spread, or.extend beyond the body of the bristles, the paint previously applied maybecome smeared or covered with another color of paint, therefore it isan essentialpurpose to avoid this. by providing a. pro tector to holdthe bristles together, while they are drying, namely after they arecleaned of the paint.

Still another purpose consists in the provision of a protector or holderfor the paint brush'comprising a mesh work body for the reception of'thebristle portion of the brush. and a part of the body or wood portion ofthe brush, there being a mesh work cover, in combination with meanspassin through the handle of the brush, and conne-tino projections ofthe body and the cover of the holder or protector, in order to hold thebrush in. position in the holder. with the bristles in compact form.

It is a further purpo e to provide a protector or holder which isslightly tapered. in order to insure holding the bristles in properform.

While the desien and construction at present illustrated and set forthis deemed prefg erable, it is obvious that as a result of a re ductionof the invention to a more practical form for commercial purposes, theinvention may be susceptible of changes, and the right to these changesis claimed, provided they are comprehended within the scope of what isclaimed.

Theinvention comprises further features and combinationof parts, as willbe hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings I q l i i igure 1'. is a view in pers aective showingtheimproved protector orholder as applied to a brush, though it isobvious that a holder.

beconstructed forany other character of brush. I lTigure 2 is asectional/view online 2--2 of Figure. 1, showing how the protector sections are hingedly united, andhow the protector is connected to thehandle of. the brushdetachably.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the brush showinc; the two sections thereofopened.

Figure lis a crosssectional view on line 4l4 of Figure 1. 1 i

Referring more especially to the/drawings, l. designates the bodysection' of. the protector or holder, and 2 the closure or coversectionof the protector or holder. These sections are constructed .fromwiremesh or fabric, preferably of the gauge disof wire fabric maybeemployed. The body section is flanged'onthree of its sides, there being;a sheet metal binding l clampedto the margin of the flange 8. whichextends aboutthe three sides of thebody section. The body and coversections of the protector are correspondingly tapered viewing theprotector in plan and side elevation, and

- extending about the margin of the cover.

section on three of its edge portions is a sheet metal binding 5. Thebindings on both sections are bent upon themselves, therefore areU-shaped in cross sectiorn to hold and protect the wire fabric. Thebindings onthe smaller ends of the two sections have alternate cut awayportions .6, thereby causing to be formed alternateproiecting sleeves 7,which engage the corresponding alternate cut away portions. therebeing ahinge pin 8 extending axially through the sleeves,

thereby hingedlyconnectiug the body and cover sections. A projection 9is carried by the body section. andextends in a direc tion parallel withthe brush. This projection is composed from single sheet metal bent uponitself as at handle 10 of the paint closed, though it is obvious thatany gauge F p the cover section, there being a latch 11, and. forsubstantially half its length the metal on its bent portion is out,thereby causing to be formed two projecting arms 12, whichstraddle thewire fabric or. mesh work. These arms are riveted at 13 to the meshwork, and soldered or otherwise connected at l lto the edge of the meshwork. A lateral pin 15 is carried by-the projection, and when the holderor protector is applied to the brush, the lateral pin engages through atransverse opening 16 in the handie of the brush This lateral pin 15 isprovided with a series or" notches 17, and designed to engage through anopening 18 in a projection 19, which is carried by 20 to engage any oneof the notches in the pin to hold the body section and cover section inengagement with the brush. The latch '20 is pivoted on the projection19, and its end edge, which eds arc'uate in contour, engages any one ofthe notches. The latch is pro vided with a flange 21 to engage the edgeof the projection 19, to limit the movement of the latch when engagingthe notches. The latch is also provided with an upwardly projectingflange 22 on its opposite edge, to be engaged by the thumb or finger,for moving the flange out of engagement with the notches. The projection19 is composed from a singlesheet metal bent longitudinally upon itselfas at 23, there being arms 24 (caused to be formed by cutting the sheetmetal wh'ereit is 'bent for substantially half the length '01 theprojection) straddling the cover section, and riveted and "soldered tothe cover section as at 25 and 26'.

It is obvious that a holder or protector of this character may beconstructed for any character of brush-,and furthermore the two sectionsmay he constructed of any suitable wire fabric or mesh work. or of anyother suitable material.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as being useful is:

1. In a protector 'or holder for brushes,

the combination with a body section having a marginal flange on three ofits edges, a

cover section hingedly connected to the body section, a pair ofprojections carried by the body and cover sections and adapted to bedisposed in parallelism when the protector is applied to the brush, andmeans carried by one projection and passing through the handle of thebrush and being detachably connected to the otherproj ection for holdingthe brush in the protector.

The combination with a body section, ot a cover section hingedlyconnected thereto, projections carried by the two sections and adaptedto assume parallel positions when the sections are applied to a brush, apin carried by the projection on theboc y section and engaging throughthe handle of the brush and provided with a series of notches, theprojection of the cover section having an opening to receive said pin,and a latch pivotally mounted on the projection ot the cover section toengage any one or" the notches ot' the pin, to hold the two projectionsclamped to the opposite edges of t is handle'ot the brush. 3. Thecombination with a body section, of cover section hingedly connectedthereto, projections carried by the two sections and adapted to assumeparallel positions when the sections are applied to a brush, a pincarried by the projection on the body section and engaging through thehandle of the brush and provided with a series of notches the projectionof the 'cover section having an opening to receive said pin, and

a latch pivotally mounted on the projection of the cover section toengage any one of the notches of the pin, to hold the two projectionsclamped to the opposite edges of the handle of the brush, said latchhaving a flange engageable with one edge of the projection on which thelatch is mounted, to limit the latch in its engagen'ient with the pin,and a flange on the opposite edge of the latch to be engaged by thefinger and thumb vtor moving the latch.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix singnature.

FRANK A. SEYMOUR.

